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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1949
Page
4
Captain John Smith speaks of faith and duty, urging perseverance and honesty as guiding virtues for daily life and public service. His words emphasize steadfast leadership and moral responsibility during challenging times.
A Prague dispatch reports the Communist government telling Czechoslovakians to harvest diligently or face starvation after cutting rations by 20 percent. The writer links this to Captain John Smith in Virginia and his 1608 work order, portraying a timeless “work or starve” principle across ages and ideologies.
Prague June 27 The Roman Catholic church accuses the Communist government of deceit kidnapping and robbery in a struggle over church state control. Archbishop Beran and other bishops denounced possible jail and urged Catholics to resist. the government counters with anti state agitation charges and hints at bypassing church authority for a national administration.
In Little Rock on June 20 the Arkansas polio tally climbed to 96, with 36 patients treated at University Hospital. Most cases are in rural areas, and patients have been returning home or moved to convalescent centers. Costs have been spread across the year as authorities urge adherence to National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis precautions.
In Hawk Point Missouri on June 26, George Hammonds a 50 year old bachelor, rejected suitor, ambushed and killed Mrs Florence Zumwalt a 92 year old divorcee and her two escorts. He then died by poison. Henry I Grober 20 of High Hill Missouri and William David Mor 31 of Hawk Point were shot. Mor survived. Sheriff Porter Course called it a one sided love affair.
Reverend Graham Fowler from Camden leads revival services at Anderson Union Baptist Church ten miles south of Hope on Spring Hill Road. Services run daily from July 3 to July 10 at 10 30 a m and 8 p m with morning and evening sessions.
Partly cloudy skies or scattered thundershowers forecast for this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change across the state Arkansas offices and observers note only minor fluctuations in high and low readings through the period
Frank R. Johnson aged 59 died at his home here early today. He was a Standard Oil distributor for 35 years and a member of Whitfield Masonic Lodge No 239 Little Rock Consistory Scimitar Shrine and Shrine club. Survived by wife, a son Jerry, three sisters and four brothers. Funeral 6 pm Tuesday at St Mark's Episcopal Church Hope with interment Rose Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
4 H club boys will attend a cotton cultivation demonstration on Tuesday June 28. Extension workers Oliver L Adams and Byron Huddleston will show when to apply poison to cotton for boll weevils and discuss dusting effectiveness based on 20 years of University of Arkansas research. Meetings gather at multiple local farms and stores at 1 80 pm in Dooley Hill and nearby communities with further demonstrations planned in other sections.
Chicago report outlines Sigmund Engel, famed con man, claiming his younger twin brother committed fraud against dozens of women, including a Chicago widow, while Engel faces arraignment on charges. He joked about prints and identity as police close in, with estimates of total takings ranging from two to six million dollars.
Senator McClellan of Arkansas spoke from Washington on Northwestern University’s Viewing Stand program carried locally by KXAR at 10 30 a m Sunday via Mutual Network. The discussion covered federal government reorganization and a modern efficient work system, highlighting the senator’s views from the capital.
As mid-1949 Gloom grows, Sam Dawson notes a piece meal recession likely to bottom in early 1950. Recovery expected spring 1950 with gradual rise through year end, possibly not reaching 1948 levels until 1951. Indicators show lower output across steel oil and retail trade, yet some boom sectors remain prepared to rebound.
A large firm’s Idea factory row traces a desperate plot of billion-dollar schemes. Jim and John, bright young workers, discuss money and pills to turn back age while wandering Manhattan to a lakeside sanitarium sign indicating a dark ending.
Northern and western coal operators meet behind closed doors in Pittsburgh to discuss L. Lewis propose a three day work week during negotiations for a new pact. The decision hinges on sentiment at White Sulphur Springs and a key conference today led by George H. Love.
The 1949 Know Arkanses Air Tour kicks off July 14 with a Marion Hotel cocktail party in Little Rock. Led by Raymond Ellis, the event will visit Mena, Hope, Hot Springs, and Pine Bluff Grider Field on July 16 with a barn dance and barbecue to close the voyage.
John White of Hope was arrested after a truck he drove struck a car driven by Guy Green on Highway 67 near Hope city limits. Mrs Green was bruised. White fled the scene and abandoned his truck about 10 miles from home. State Policemen Travis Ward and Ted Johnson made the arrest. In a separate morning crash eight miles west of Hope a Decker and Son meat truck overturned. driver unnamed, not hurt.
A series of tournaments in ten nis, checkers, chess, and table tennis is planned by Hope Youth Center directors. Competitions will start immediately with prizes and cups for winners, in junior and senior divisions, boys and girls separate. An organizational meeting will be held tomorrow at 4 15 PM at the Hope Youth Center for eligible members only. The first conference was convened to draw up an international wheat arrangement in Rome in 1931.
Three persons were injured when high winds toppled a tree onto a picnic group in Memphis. The Wright family, My, Mrs. EB H Wright and daughter Lorene Wright, 24, were reported in serious condition as a thunderstorm disrupted power and telephone service. Weather bureau gusts reached up to 69 miles an hour.
The Associated Press reports a deadly weekend in Arkansas with at least six fatalities from traffic crashes. Everett B. Nowlen, 48, of Drew county died when a truck struck loose gravel and overturned near Monticello. two others injured. A collision near Fayetteville injured Meldon Belue, reportedly fatally. Seven year old Wilma Ray Lovell died near Ozark after a truck struck her. Fonzo Penny, 40, of Green county, died in a two vehicle crash near Paragould. Jessie Lee Perry, 33, of Little Rock died en route to hospital. Gakes Nelson, about 50, killed when his car hit a Rock Island train near Junction City, delaying the train. Injuries reported from an overturned automobile on a curve near Little Rock.
Atlanta reporter BEM PRICE details a surge of lynchings, floggings, cross burnings, and bombings across Alabama Tennessee and Georgia since February. Dozens beaten or threatened. no convictions yet. Violent acts linked to white supremacist intimidation spark federal and state investigations and local legal responses.
J T Honeycutt, a Hope native, returns to the area to take a post with Herndon Cornelius Funeral Home. He previously worked with the local organization and spent the last year with Bealon Funeral Home in Furdyce.
Fragmented OCR reports a Berlin strike disrupting four power talks and rail service. Communists bow to orders, British French warning of justified action if strike extends. Salaries and purchasing power cited as leverage, with 14 000 workers involved and costly disruptions across East and West sectors.
The fragment cites Wellington Ontario radio discourse about nationalized government regulation and taxation, with remarks on being worst off and concerns over waste, mentioning June 40, 1949 and air mail from Auckland New Zealand. The text shows a dialogue tone, noting local grievances and limited pleasures of life amid broader national policy tensions.
Miss Pegrgy Matic daughter of Mr and Pentecost of Hope was elected rodeo queen at the Four State rodeo event. About nine towns hosted attendance from Arkana area. Audience applause noted as she received a horse and saddle prize amid ceremonies in the center on Saturday night. Last year she held the district livestock queen title.
The Green Laseter Hi club plans a benefit swim night on the upcoming calendar date. It will feature swimming demonstrations and a casual social after. Proceeds support club activities and community programs.
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